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Construction 2025 is a British government report issued in July 2013 outlining its industrial strategy for the sector until 2025. Key aims were to reduce programme lengths and costs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the trade gap. The policy saw the establishment of the Construction Leadership Council to drive change in the industry.
HS2 construction near Leamington Spa in August 2021. Productivity in construction remains below the UK average and has changed little in the past 50 years. [6] As a result, the UK government has repeatedly tried to improve the sector's efficiency, publishing (among others) the Latham Report in 1994, the Egan Report in 1998 and the Farmer Review in 2016; in 2013 it launched the Construction ...
Between them, UKCG members accounted for £33 billion of construction turnover – a third of UK construction total output. UKCG's mission was to promote the UK construction industry and to support its members in delivering excellence by encouraging contractors to work together with their clients and supply chains to promote change and best ...
A PMI report revealed business optimism fell to its lowest since July 2020 and the worst month for new orders for almost two-and-a-half years. Construction sector rebound overshadowed by mounting ...
The government has been forced to relax immigration rules for construction workers after it was warned that new Brexit red tape is causing labour shortages on building sites.. Bricklayers, roofers ...
The BCIS "Standard Form of Cost Analysis" (SFCA) remained an industry staple, largely unchanged, until the late 2000s. In 2012 the "New Rules of Measurement" for cost management throughout the construction process were accompanied by a modernised version of the SFCA. [1] In 2022, the BCIS was spun out of RICS. [2]
The report was written by Mark Farmer, the founding director and CEO of Cast Consultancy [1] and an expert with 25 years' experience in the construction industry. [2] It had been commissioned through the UK Construction Leadership Council at the request of the departments for Communities and Local Government (CLG) and for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Build UK was launched on 1 September 2015, following the merger of the UKCG and the NSCC. [2] Its members include industry clients, main contractors, trade associations representing over 11,500 specialist contractors, and other organisations committed to industry collaboration. It claims to represent over 40% of UK construction. [3]